Amt V

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Amt V was the criminal police department (Kriminalpolizei) within Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office, responsible for investigating and suppressing criminal activity under the regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kriminalpolizei department
department of the Reich Main Security Office
activeDuring Second World War
linked to: World War II
alsoKnownAs Kripo
Office V
collaboratedWith Gestapo (Amt IV)
linked to: Gestapo

Sicherheitsdienst (SD)
linked to: Sicherheitsdienst
controlledBy SS
country Nazi Germany
dissolutionCause defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
dissolved 1945
formedFrom Reich Criminal Police Office (Reichskriminalpolizeiamt)
fullName Amt V (Reichskriminalpolizeiamt)
function criminal police department
investigation of criminal offenses
suppression of criminal activity
headquartersLocation Berlin
hierarchicalLevel office (Amt) within RSHA
ideologicalRole enforcement of Nazi racial and social policies
instrument of Nazi repression
involvedIn persecution of groups labeled as criminal or asocial
support for broader Nazi security and terror policies
jurisdiction German Reich
linked to: German Empire

occupied territories to varying degrees
languageOfName German
legalStatus state police authority under SS control
organizationalType police agency
security service component
partOf Reich Main Security Office
Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo)
predecessor Reichskriminalpolizeiamt
responsibleFor criminal investigations
enforcement of many non-political criminal laws
policing so‑called asocial elements
policing so‑called habitual criminals
shortName Amt V
subordinateTo Chief of the Security Police and the SD
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler
linked to: HeinrichHimmler
timePeriod Nazi era

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